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| Keywords: Antoine-Louis Barye - Seated Lion No 1 - Walters 27120.jpg In 1846 the government of King Louis-Philippe commissioned Barye to produce a life-size statue of a seated lion which was installed in the Tuileries Gardens near his Lion and Serpent of 1833 Unlike the earlier sculpture which conveyed a sense of the drama associated with the 1830 revolution this majestic lion symbolizes strength and force virtues associated with the seemingly stable Orléans monarchy Twenty-one years later a duplicate of the Seated Lion was cast from the original statue to form a pair They were then installed flanking an entrance to the Louvre Palace used by Napoleon III The Walters' bronze a reduction of the Louvre sculptures was cast in three sections It served as a foundry model for producing sand-cast sculptures cast ca 1847 bronze with warm red-brown patina cm 36 5 31 8 19 1 accession number 27 120 15128 William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1889 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1889 Signature Cast through from model BARYE; Number Painted beneath in white paint W 65; Transcription Painted beneath in black paint MODE The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 A View Toward Paris The Lucas Collection of Nineteenth Century French Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 2006 Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach 2007-2008 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
